Influenced by the narrative structure of James Joyce’s A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, each of the paintings in this series began with my recreating from memory a childhood drawing. The painting would then develop through layering moves and gestures from moments in my artistic past, for instance my use of collage developed in high school or certain brushstrokes developed in graduate school. The title of each painting is a line from the book, given in sequential order as paintings were finished. When I ran out of quotes from the book, I ended the series. (2012-14)
April 27: Old Father, Old Artificer, Stand Me Now And Ever In Good Stead, 2014, 36 x 24 inches
Ah, There Must Be Terrible Queer Creatures At The Latter End of the World, 2014, 48 x 48 inches
More Mud, More Crocodiles, 2014, 48 x 36 inches
Away Then: It Is Time To Go, 2014, 36 x 36 inches
What Is That Beauty Which The Artist Struggles To Express From Lumps Of Earth..., 2014, 36 x 48 inches
A Day Of Dappled Seaborne Clouds, 2013, 48 x 36 inches
Time Is, Time Was, But Time Shall Be No More!, 2013, 36 x 48 inches
The Ivy Whines Upon The Wall, 2013, 48 x 48 inches
All Sense Of Humanity Is Forgotten, 2013, 36 x 36 inches
Tower of Ivory, House of Gold, 2013, 32 x 30 inches
Canker Was A Disease Of Plants, Cancer One Of Animals, 2012, 36 x 24 inches